I frequently check out the British website ‘The Rights of Man’ (‘TROM’)http://therightsofman.typepad.co.uk for items which might otherwise escape my attention. This morning they’re covering an intriguing story about the rise in the number of homeless people in London in recent years, and they point to a detail in a press release issued by an organisation concerned with the homeless in London, Broadway. Here’s the press release:

Links to the full report and summary may be found on the TROM website. The press release states that 6,437 ‘people’ were seen sleeping rough on the streets of London during 2012/13, and that 786 (12%) were female. What wasn’t deemed worthy of mention in the press release?